Charlie Wilson's War (
2007) | IMDb:
7
In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afghan freedom fighters in their war against invading Soviets. The trio's successful efforts to finance these covert operations contributes to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
The Shaggy Dog (
2006) | IMDb:
4.4
The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.
Starring:
Tim Allen
,
Kristin Davis
,
Danny Glover
,
Spencer Breslin
,
Robert Downey Jr.
,
Zena Grey
Directed by:
Brian Robbins
Austin Powers in Goldmember (
2002) | IMDb:
6.2
The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe—'70s kingpin Goldmember. While pursuing the team of villains to stop them from world domination, Austin gets help from his dad and an old girlfriend.
Windtalkers (
2002) | IMDb:
6.1
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
Starring:
Nicolas Cage
,
Adam Beach
,
Peter Stormare
,
Noah Emmerich
,
Mark Ruffalo
,
Brian Van Holt
My First Mister (
2001) | IMDb:
7.2
Leelee Sobieski is brash, abrasive and vulnerable as a teenage child of divorce who hides her pain behind a mask of hard-edged gothic rebellion. Albert Brooks plays a man who is her total opposite, a precise and well-ordered menswear store owner of forty-nine who manages limited expectations and protects lonely secrets with pleasant ritual and quiet, ironic reserve. These two total opposites collide in conflict then come together in a surprising alliance, changing each other's lives forever.
Starring:
Albert Brooks
,
Leelee Sobieski
,
John Goodman
,
Carol Kane
,
Desmond Harrington
,
Michael McKean
Directed by:
Christine Lahti
American Pie 2 (
2001) | IMDb:
6.4
After a year apart - attending different schools, meeting different people - the guys rent a beach house and vow to make this the best summer ever. As it turns out, whether that will happen or not has a lot to do with the girls. Between the wild parties, outrageous revelations and yes, a trip to band camp, they discover that times change and people change, but in the end, it's all about sticking together.
Starring:
Jason Biggs
,
Thomas Ian Nicholas
,
Chris Klein
,
Seann William Scott
,
Eddie Kaye Thomas
,
Alyson Hannigan
Legally Blonde (
2001) | IMDb:
6.4
Fashionable sorority queen Elle Woods has it all, but, she wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But he dumps her before heading to Harvard Law School. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back. While there, she figures out that there is more to herself than just good looks.
Starring:
Reese Witherspoon
,
Luke Wilson
,
Matthew Davis
,
Selma Blair
,
Victor Garber
,
Jennifer Coolidge
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (
1999) | IMDb:
6.6
When diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo,’ Austin must return to the swingin' '60s himself - with the help of American agent, Felicity Shagwell - to stop the dastardly plan. Once there, Austin faces off against Dr. Evil's army of minions to try to save the world in his own unbelievably groovy way.
Bulworth (
1998) | IMDb:
6.8
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.
Starring:
Kimberly Deauna Adams
,
Vinny Argiro
,
Sean Astin
,
Kirk Baltz
,
Ernie Lee Banks
,
Amiri Baraka
Primary Colors (
1998) | IMDb:
6.7
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.
Starring:
John Travolta
,
Emma Thompson
,
Billy Bob Thornton
,
Kathy Bates
,
Adrian Lester
,
Maura Tierney
Mad City (
1997) | IMDb:
6.3
A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.
Switchback (
1997) | IMDb:
6.4
After FBI agent Frank Lacrosse believes his son was kidnapped by a notorious serial killer, he travels to Amarillo, Texas, where he believes the murderer is in hiding. Although officially taken off the case because of its personal significance to him, Frank continues to pursue the killer, causing concern for local sheriff Buck Olmstead. When another victim pops up at a nearby car garage, Frank knows that he is as close as he'll ever be to tracking down the elusive killer.
Con Air (
1997) | IMDb:
6.9
Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" taking the “worst of the worst” prisoners, a group described as “pure predators”, to a new super-prison. Poe faces impossible odds when the transport plane is skyjacked mid-flight by the most vicious criminals in the country led by the mastermind — genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, and backed by black militant Diamond Dog and psychopath Billy Bedlam.
Starring:
Nicolas Cage
,
John Malkovich
,
John Cusack
,
Ving Rhames
,
Mykelti Williamson
,
Dave Chappelle
Independence Day (
1996) | IMDb:
7
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.
Dead Man Walking (
1995) | IMDb:
7.5
A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.
Starring:
Susan Sarandon
,
Sean Penn
,
Robert Prosky
,
Raymond J. Barry
,
R. Lee Ermey
,
Celia Weston
Clear and Present Danger (
1994) | IMDb:
6.9
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.
Starring:
Harrison Ford
,
Willem Dafoe
,
Anne Archer
,
Joaquim de Almeida
,
Henry Czerny
,
Harris Yulin